In an economy, the government wants to decrease aggregate demand by $48 billion at each price level to decrease real GDP and control demand-pull inflation. If the MPS is 0.25, then it could:

A. Increase taxes by $16 billion

B. Increase taxes by $24 billion

C. Decrease government spending by $10 billion

D. Decrease government spending by $16 billion

A. Increase taxes by $16 billion

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